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Published 20 Oct 2025, 15:38 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fuel Supply & Delivery to Transport UK East Midlands Railway Depots

Official notice

Authority: ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED

Direct awardUtilities
Awarded value£9,000,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 21 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to ESSO PETROLEUM COMPANY,LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Interim arrangement is in place using the supplier's terms and conditions while the final contract is being negotiated and formalised.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Oct 2025, 15:38 BST
Last source update
21 Oct 2025, 16:33 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067239
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d000 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Urgency
Published justification

Incumbent supplier has gone into administration.

It is strictly necessary to have a supplier in place to deliver the goods to facilitate continued operation of critical national infrastructure. This contract award notice is to highlight the arrangement in place under the suppliers' standard terms and conditions up to the point of an agreed signed contract between the parties.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Oct 2025, 15:38 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    21 Oct 2025, 16:33 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £9,000,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ESSO PETROLEUM COMPANY,LIMITEDInterim Supply Arrangement21 Oct 2025 – 22 Oct 2025 · up to 22 Oct 2025Extensions: The interim arrangement is in place while the final contract is being negotiated and formalised.£9,000,00021 Oct 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

TRANSPORT UK EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 09860485 · GB-PPON: PYJP-8287-BJGL 2nd Floor St Andrew's House, London, London, EC4A 3AGContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • esso petroleum company limitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00026538 Ermyn House, Ermyn Way, Leatherhead, South East, KT228UXContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender